AMP Opens this WeekendStrathmore’s new off-campus concert venue AMP opens this weekend with back-to-back performances by alt-country icon Jay Farrar on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, and a triple bill featuring Toshi Reagon of Big Lovely with jazz drummer Allison Miller and electronic musician Be Steadwell on Sunday, March 8. AMP opens as Strathmore celebrates the 10th anniversary season of its hallmark Music Center, further broadening the organization’s footprint in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.

Imago Theatre—FROGZPenguins play musical chairs, a cat gets trapped in a giant paper bag, huge frogs do calisthenics, and larger-than-life alligators playfully goad the audience when Imago Theater’s FROGZ comes to the Music Center at Strathmore on Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 4 p.m.

Opener and More Shows Announced at AMPTwelve new shows at AMP will go on sale to the general public Friday, January 30, 2015 at noon, including back-to-back opening concerts by Americana alt-country originator Jay Farrar of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo. AMP will open the first weekend in March, with two concerts by Jay Farrar on Friday and Saturday, March 6 and 7, 2015, and a show by Toshi Reagon of Big Lovely with jazz drummer Allison Miller and local electronic musician Be Steadwell on Sunday, March 8, 2015.

Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestrahe sound of horns, piano, bass, and drums will reverberate through the Music Center at Strathmore when Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra (NOJO) perform the unrestrained, sizzling music of its namesake city with all the energy of a Mardi Gras celebration on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 8 p.m.

Cyrille Aimee; Spektral Quartet; Jenny Lin, Piano; Tim Whalen QuintetFebruary in the Mansion comes full circle with French/Dominican jazz singer Cyrille Aimée opening the month with works from her new album It’s A Good Day, and the local Tim Whalen Quintet closing with a tribute to the music of iconic jazz pianist Bud Powell. Cyrille’s concert is her Washington, D.C. debut, and also marks the conclusion of Strathmore’s Say it in a Song cabaret series.

Harry Connick, Jr.As part of his new 20+ city national tour, Harry Connick, Jr. will perform two shows in the Music Center at Strathmore on Friday, February 20 and Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 8 p.m.—making Strathmore the only venue hosting back-to-back concerts during this tour.